Lauren Goodger slammed rumours she had signed up for the new series of Celebrity Big Brother but has now admitted she’d love to appear on the show to show people the ‘real’ her.

And she might be in luck as it has emerged bosses of the Channel 5 reality show are in a state of panic as they try to fill the last female spot, with their only criteria now being that they’re ‘current’.

That kind of rules Lauren out then, no?

‘Casting chiefs have really struggled to fill their final slot and are frantically calling all the agents they deal with for suggestions,’ a source said.

‘It’s a desperate move on their part, but they are out of other options. They need one more girl and all the stops are being pulled out to land someone.

‘The general feeling is that anyone viewers will recognise will do,’ the insider added to The Sun.

Apparently the pressure is on for this series to top the last series of the show, which saw the likes of Luisa Zissman, Lee Ryan, Sam Faiers, Ollie Lock, Jasmine Waltz and Dappy entertain viewers with arguments-a-plenty and lots of raunchy behaviour.

Writing in her new! magazine column yesterday, as if trying to sell herself, Lauren said: ‘There were a lot of rumours last week about me going to the CBB house.

‘I haven’t officially been approached but it’s something I’d love to do. I didn’t get to show off my personality when I did Dancing On Ice, so I think people would finally get to know the real me If I did go into the house.’

CBB bosses are rumoured to have already bagged the likes of Stephanie Pratt, Gary Busey, Gogglebox’s Steph and Dom and Katie Price’s hubby Kieran Hayler, although Lauren says her ideal housemate would be Carmen Electra.

The new series of CBB will kick off as soon as the ‘civilian’ version of the show ends this summer.